Fender for motor-cars



B. H. slLLs.

FENDER FR MOTOR CARS.

AAPPLICATION HLEDMAR. 4. 1920.

' Patented my 2o, 1920.

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FENDER ron MOTOR-eens.

. Application led March 4,

To all wkomt't may concern.'l i

Beit known thatI, BERTON- H. SiLLs, a

subject of the'iKing of Grreat Britain, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders. for Motor-Cars, of which the fol- Alowing is a specification.

i tions which will facilitate manufacture,

his invention relates to improvements in the fender described and claimed in my prior Patent No. 1301880 dated April 29th, 1919, and my object is to devise specific construcfacilitate the attachment of the device to different cars, and to improve its appearance and efiiciency. I attain my objectiby means of the con- 4structions hereinafter described and illussition;

trated in the accompanying drawings in which-Y Figure l is a plan view of the-front part ofa motor car showing my fenderin po- Fig. 2 a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 a plan view of part of a modified 'form of one of the spring arms; and

Fig. 4 a cross section on an enlarged scale through one of the supporting arms showing it connected with one of the side members i of the chassis of a motor vehicle.

In the drawings like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

l are the supporting arms adapted to be secured to the side members 2 of the chassis r of a motor vehicle. The .connections cornprise a pair ofieye bolts 3 passing through holes in the supporting arms. Through the eye of each bolt is assed a hook bolt 4, the hooks being adapted to engage the flanges of the' side members 2 as shown. vTo tighten upthe nuts of the various bolts, the supporting arms are not only clamped against the flanges thereof.

As the forward ends of the members 2 are sides of the members 2, but also against the i usually turned downward as shown, the supl porting members are readily tilted to anyv d esired angle by adjusting them backwardly orl forwardly on the members A2. The forward end of each side member is formed of a socket'5 connected by` means of a hinge 6 'ber, the pivot of each hinge being substan with the rearward part of the side memtially vertical. Each socket has a transspecification of Letters ratent 1920. Serial No. 363,231.y Y

versely arranged opening at its inner ends to the eye bolts 11 secured vto i the inner ends or other convenientpart of the supporting arms 1.v The chains are posi;

tioned by forming forks 12 on the ends of l Patented Juiyao, 1920.

therethrough, which sockets are adapted to receive the rear' the chain supports and on the en'ds of the cross stay 8. r y

Preferably the inner endsof the chain sup-y ports are extended approximately to the center line of the chassis of the vehicle and are secured tothe cross stay'S by the clamps 13. Byv this arrangement increased stiffness is given to thecross brace, which isimp'ortant in view of the hinges in the supporting arms.

It will be seen therefore that the fender as a whole comprises the supporting arms connected to an impact receiving portion,

which comprise'sfa transversepart longitu- 4 dinally resilient in al horizontal plane, U- shaped chain supports connected' thereto, anda chain carried by the chain supports in front of and substantially `parallel to the said transverse part. As the supporting arms are hinged, it follows that any blow against the supporting arms tends to rock .the supporting arms on the hinges,- which rocking is resisted by the longitudinal resiliency of the transverse member ofthe fender. Any tendency to break the supporting arms or the chain supports isI thus materially reduced, and. the .resilient resistance ofthe fender materially increased.-

,What I claim as my invention is 1. A vehicle lfender comprising apair of attaching arms provided with sockets, at their forward ends; U.'shaped chain supports separate from the attaching arms ex-A tending laterally and outwardly land laterally adjustable in said sockets; a1 chain passing around and extending between said chain supports;4 and means connectingthe y' ends of the chainsto the attaching arms.

2. A vehicle fender .comprisinga pair of i attaching arms provided withl transversely arranged sockets at their forward ends; chain supports separate from the attachnnr arms extending laterally and outwardly and supported `in said sockets; a chain supported by and extending between said chain Supports; anda cross sockets.

3. A vehicle tender comprising a pair ot attaching arms provided with transversely arranged sockets at. their forward ends; chain supports separate from the attaching .stay secured in said larms extendinglaterally and outwardly and having their inner parts passing through saidsockets; a chain supported by and extending between said chain supports; a cross stay fitting in said sockets; and set screws clamping said chain supports and cross stay' in said sockets.

4. A vehicle fender comprising a pair of Iattaching arms; an impact receiving/pon tion; and hinge connections between the forward ends of the arms and the impact receiving portions, the pivots ot' said hinges being substantially vertical.

5.r A vehicle tender comprising a pair otl attaching arms and an impact receivii'ig member connected thereto, said member com- -prising a transverse part longitudinally rearms are laterally adjustable on the trans'- verse part.

T. A vehicle fender lconstructed as set forth in claim 5 provided with hinge connections between the supporting arms and the ,impact receiving portion, the pivots of said hinges being substantially vertical.

8. A vehicle tender constructed as set i'orth in. claim 5 provided with hinges between the forward ends of the supporting arms and the Irearward portions, the pivots ol said hinges being substantially vertical; and means tor laterally adjusting said forward ends, on the transverse part of the impact receiving portion of the fender.

9. vehicle fender provided with attaching arms; two eye bolts passing through each arm and spaced apart to receive the iianged side member of a vehicle chassis between them; and hook bolts passing through the eyes adapted to engage upper and lower flanges of said side member.

l0. A vehicle'iender comprising a pair ofr attaching arms; inwardly facing U-shaped clminsupports connected thereto, each chain support being provided with a chain guide at its inner end; and a chain, passing around said chain supports and through said guides, the inwardly directed part oi each chain support 'being' bent to space it from said chain.

Signed at Toronto, Canada, this 23rdday of February, 1920.

Beeren n. siLLs. 

